Watch-charm



R. C. HUMAN.

WATCH CHARM.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 29. 1920.

1 ,385,454. Patented July 26, 1921.

WITNESSES l/VVE/V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RALPH CLIFTON HOMAN, 0F CHINQ, CALIFORNIA.

WATCH-CHARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 29, 1920. Serial No. 433,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALrH CLIFTON Ho-v including a body and a plurality of emblems detachably sustained onthe body so that a person belonging to a number of lodges or societies can purchase separately any emblem or emblems and mount them on the charm body, it being proposed to manufacture and sell the bodies and emblems separately.

I will describe one form of charm em bodying my invention, and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.

In the accompanying drawings: 1

Figure 1 is a view offa watch chain having applied thereto one form of watch charm embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail View of the charm shown in Fig. 1. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the charm shown in Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings,my invention. in its present embodiment consists of a body designated at B, fastening means F for securing the body to a watch chain, fob or the like, and a plurality of emblems E detachably secured to the body. The body B may be formed of any suitable material and of any configuration, I having in'the present instance shown a dome shaped body, the upper end of which is rounded while the lower end is fiat. The fastening member F is secured within the rounded end of the body B, while the emblems E are secured at regular'spaced intervals about the side of the body. In the present instance,

each emblem consists of a plate 15 having thereon the desired insignia, figure, symbol 7 or the like. The plate 15 is preferably bent to snugly fit against the side of the body.

The securing means for each emblem comprises in the present instance a screw 16- which extends through a suitable opening formed in the plate 15 and into the body B. dowel pin 17 is formed integral with the plate 15 and is embedded in the bodyrB in order to secure the plate in a definite position upon the body during and after the securing of the emblem to the body by means of the screw 16. It is to be understood that any suitable form of securing means may be employed for detachably associating the emblems with the body, the important feature Patented July 26', 1921.

being to detachably associate the emblems with the body so that from time to time the emblems can be applied or removed from the body. I 7

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of charm embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention or the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A watch charm comprising a body of circular form, a plurality of emblems detachably mounted on the periphery of the body and comprising plates, and fastening members carried by the plates and penetrating said body for detachably securing the emblems in definite position upon the body.

2. A watch charm comprising a body, a plurality of emblems on the body, screws extending through the emblems and penctrating said body for detachably securing the emblems to the body, and dowel pins carried by the emblems and penetrating the body and operating to definitely position the emblems upon the body.

' RALPH CLIFTON HOMAN. 

